I am currently in Italy, which is one reason why the reminiscences of undergraduate life in the seventies have been on hold. I’ll get back to that topic when I’m back in the UK, starting with a post on Ken Severs, about whom I wrote last year. I had a fascinating conversation with his son, and that provided more information, so watch this space, as they say, for memories of the 74-75 academic year.
In Italy, I try to read some Italian, or at least books with an Italian theme. Tobias Jones is currently my guide down the River Po. His previous book, Dark Heart of Italy, caused somewhat of a fuss here by shining a light on institutionalised corruption in the country. On a lighter note, his recent Engelsberg Ideas essay on dubbing in Italian versions of English-language films is enlightening and amusing. Engelsberg Ideas is worth a subscription, by the way: a very wide range of topics, intelligently covered, by experts.
So, I may post intermittently for a while on Italian topics, but will be back among the brutalist architecture of the Leeds campus before too long.
Ciao!
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